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Source: Community Care
E-learning resources for staff working in end-of-life care were launched today in an attempt to improve access to training in the sector.
The training, commissioned by the D...
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Source: Department of Health
The most vulnerable people in society will be better protected by local agencies such as councils, the police and the NHS, Care Services Minister Phil Hope announced toda...
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Source: The Eye Health Alliance
The Eye Health Alliance is supporting a unique event in Parliament where people with learning disabilities and their carers will be talking to MPs and Peers about thei...
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Source: Community Care
Care sector leaders have welcomed the government's plan to enshrine safeguarding adults boards in legislation but expressed concern about how they would operate.
The plan anno...
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The Partnership for Older People Projects (POPP) were funded by the Department of Health to develop services for older people, aimed at promoting their health, well-being and independence and preventi...
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Source: National Care Forum
From Midday today, care providers who don’t currently have good access to the internet, will be supported as a new ICT programme opens for business. Organisations ca...
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Source: Community Care.
The Care Provider Alliance has blasted Channel 4 for the alleged negative portrayal of care homes and older people on Celebrity Big Brother this week.
The coalition of provid...
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Source: Department of Health
The extreme weather conditions of recent weeks have affected communities all over the country. Snow, ice and freezing temperatures have presented numerous challenges for ...
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Source: BBC News Online
A simple eye test might be able to detect Alzheimer's and other diseases before symptoms develop, according to UK scientists.
The technique uses fluorescent markers which att...
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Source: BBC News Online.
Dementia services in England are not getting the priority that was promised, the National Audit Office has said.
It urges the Department of Health to demonstrate that its de...
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Source: Whitehall Pages
Nearly 20,000 people living in sheltered housing will be switched on to the internet under £2.9m plans being developed by the Government to boost the number of silver su...
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Consultation: Skills for Care - Shaping the development of the best practice
View Consultation - Deadline 10 February 2010
Skills for Care has been asked by the Care Quality Commissi...
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Source: Community Care
Legislation to introduce free personal care at home for people with high-level needs in England passed through the House of Commons last night.
The government's Personal Care ...
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Source: National Care Forum
The National Skills Academy for Social Care has put out a call to all social care employers and training bodies to nominate potential competitors for the first in a series...
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Source: The Devon Herald
MORE than 100 jobs in Devon's care homes are still at risk despite fresh plans to sell the homes to new operators.
Devon County Council has said it will press ahead with pla...
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